How to avoid Cancer

AFTER YEARS OF TELLING PEOPLE CHEMOTHERAPY IS THE ONLY WAY TO TRY AND ELIMINATE CANCER, SEEMS LIKE THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE WAY …

1. Every person has cancer cells in the body. These cancer cells do not show up in the standard tests until they have multiplied to a few billion. When doctors tell cancer patients that there are no more cancer cells in their bodies after treatment, it just means the tests are unable to detect the cancer cells because they have not reached the detectable size.

2. Cancer cells occur between 6 to more than 10 times in a person’s lifetime.

3. When the person’s immune system is strong the cancer cells will be destroyed and prevented from multiplying and forming tumors.

4. When a person has cancer it indicates the person has multiple nutritional deficiencies. These could be due to genetic, environmental, food and lifestyle factors.

5. To overcome the multiple nutritional deficiencies, changing diet and including supplements will strengthen the immune system.

8. Initial treatment with chemotherapy and radiation will often reduce tumor size. However prolonged use of chemotherapy and radiation do not result in more tumor destruction.

9. When the body has too much toxic burden from chemotherapy and radiation the immune system is either compromised or destroyed, hence the person can succumb to various kinds of infections and complications.

10. Chemotherapy and radiation can cause cancer cells to mutate and become resistant and difficult to destroy. Surgery can also cause cancer cells to spread to other sites.

11. An effective way to battle cancer is to STARVE the cancer cells by not feeding it with foods it needs to multiple.
What cancer cells feed on:
a. Sugar is a cancer-feeder. By cutting off sugar it cuts off one important food supply to the cancer cells. Note: Sugar substitutes like NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, etc are made with Aspartame and it is harmful. A better natural substitute would be Manuka honey or molasses but only in very small amounts. Table salt has a chemical added to make it white in colour. Better alternative is Bragg’s aminos or sea salt.

b. Milk causes the body to produce mucus, especially in the gastro-intestinal tract. Cancer feeds on mucus. By cutting off milk and substituting with unsweetened soy milk, cancer cells will starved.

c. Cancer cells thrive in an acid environment. A meat-based diet is acidic and it is best to eat fish, and a little chicken rather than beef or pork. Meat also contains livestock antibiotics, growth hormones and parasites, which are all harmful, especially to people with cancer.

d. A diet made of 80% fresh vegetables and juice, whole grains, seeds, nuts and a little fruits help put the body into an alkaline environment. About 20% can be from cooked food including beans. Fresh vegetable juices provide live enzymes that are easily absorbed and reach down to cellular levels within 15 minutes t o nourish and enhance growth of healthy cells.
To obtain live enzymes for building healthy cells try and drink fresh vegetable juice (most vegetables including bean sprouts) and eat some raw vegetables 2 or 3 times a day. Enzymes are destroyed at temperatures of 104 degrees F (40 degrees C).

e. Avoid coffee, tea, and chocolate, which have high caffeine. Green tea is a better alternative and has cancer-fighting properties. Water–best to drink purified water, or filtered, to avoid known toxins and heavy metals in tap water. Distilled water is acidic, avoid it.

12. Meat protein is difficult to digest and requires a lot of digestive enzymes. Undigested meat remaining in the intestines will become putrified and leads to more toxic buildup.

13. Cancer cell walls have a tough protein covering. By refraining from or eating less meat it frees more enzymes to attack the protein walls of cancer cells and allows the body’s killer cells to destroy the cancer cells.

14. Some supplements build up the immune system (IP6, Flor-ssence, Essiac, anti-oxidants, vitamins, minerals, EFAs etc.) to enable the body’s own killer cells to destroy cancer cells. Other supplements like vitamin E are known to cause apoptosis, or programmed cell death, the body’s normal method of disposing of damaged, unwanted, or unneeded cells.

15. Cancer is a disease of the mind, body, and spirit. A proactive and positive spirit will help the cancer warrior be a survivor.
Anger, unforgiving and bitterness put the body into a stressful and acidic environment. Learn to have a loving and forgiving spirit. Learn to relax and enjoy life.

16. Cancer cells cannot thrive in an oxygenated environment. Exercising daily, and deep breathing help to get more oxygen down to the cellular level. Oxygen therapy is another means employed to destroy cancer cells.

Untrue. Almost every word is science-dodging bullshit. The only slight truth is that SOME cancers are glucose fueld and so a ketogenic diet (almost zero carb) can cut off the fuel supply to SOME of these cancers

I wish I known this before I buried my 5year old 2012 brain cancer If doctors kill my back due to money gain Father God will deal with them when They Die Hurting mother save somebody else child from the grave please say the babies left its so many children dieing and doctors don’t care only for the mighty Blood Money just like drug dealers

Don’t add to your pain by believing this idiot. Some cancers cannot be cured, even with the best medicine and the best doctors in the world. Any doctors i have ever met who specialise in treating children and babies have been the most dedicated, unselfish people and the kind of people who would value curing a child way above any amount of money. Sorry you lost your child – I know what that feels like.

I wish I known this before I buried my 5year old 2012 brain cancer If doctors kill my baby girl due to money gain Father God will deal with them when They Die! Hurting mother save somebody else child from the grave please save the babies left its so many children dieing and doctors don’t care only for the mighty Blood Money just like drug dealers

I just had surgery and I asked the doctor could I wait to have the surgery for one and a half months because my immune system was weak. The surgeon said no and then it appears they removed the wrong part from my body. CT scan was not done thoroughly as the physician ordered and it looks like I am going to need surgery again. I am not going too have the same surgeon and not because I think he did anything wrong but I think I could of waited until the CT scan was done properly. I feel he wanted the money not know but right now. I’m slowly dying and I chemo will never be an option for me. I will pray for you for healing of your lost of your baby.

Interesting, sounds feesable and a good change of lifestyle will also benefit the immune system to fight other bacteria and viruses. Heart disease would also be reduced. Good new years resolution, change mind, body and soul.

One of the first tips is the language itself. I want to try TO eliminate cancer, not try and eliminate it. The article then continues to present false prevention strategies as cures. It is bad journalism! prefer to go to the source. Here is what Johns Hopkins has to say about a very similar hoax, Read it all.

The Truth: When it comes to cancer and the immune system, it is not a matter of strong or weak as the fictional report contends, but rather an issue of recognition. “The immune system simply does not recognize cancer. In its complexity, the cancer cell has learned to disguise itself to the immune system as a normal, healthy cell. Cells infected with viruses or bacteria send out danger signals setting the immune system in action. But cancer cells do not, explains Elizabeth Jaffee, co-director of cancer immunology and leading expert on cancer and the immune system.” By deciphering the methods cancer cells use to make them invisible to the immune system, Jaffee and team have developed cancer vaccines that have successfully triggered immune reactions against prostate cancer, pancreatic cancer, leukemia, and multiple myeloma.

Meat kills as does dairy. Nutrition is the building blocks and that nutrition comes from plants. A whole plant food diet will cure what ails you and a meat and dairy diet will kill you. Vegetables, the new meat….

I don’t have cancer, and pray I never get it.. My mom had a mastectomy, her cancer is so far in remission.. I pray for her daily.. this has been very educational.. i will keep and share this info for others… Thanks for posting

THIS KNOWLEDGE COULD HAVE SAVED MY MOM’S LIFE, NEVERTHELESS, THANK YOU FOR THIS VALUABLE INFORMATION, I’M SURE IT WILL SAVE MANY WHO ARE STILL FIGHTING THE BATTLE AND KEEP OTHERS FROM HAVING TO BECOME A VICTIM TO THIS DREADFUL DISEASE. HEARTFELT GRATITUDE!!!!!!!!!

This article is denied to have as author the above-mentioned hospital. If you google the title of article you may read the response by hospital, which claims even his name was put in wrong way. Anyway, I still find this writing useful.

I was surprised to see your support with soy . we know what side affect we can have with soy and drinking would not been my choice . please tell me why you choose soy over others . thank you and great information .

If a person lives in moderation in all areas of life watching what they eat, exercising and taking care of their spiritual and mental health, they put themselves in the category of living well. Common sense avoids these things and builds in healthy fruits and vegetables. We can’t avoid death – quality of life is just as important. People should live healthy for the sake of living healthy, not for fear of dying of cancer.

That is truth we can’t avoid death but there is hope for people who like to live longer and to be around their loved ones longer… i think you would agree with me don’t you? won’t you like to be around your kids and grand kids and so on? This is just a web page written from some guy that latterly looking for a longer life and there’s nothing wrong with it. You don’t have to get angry and you should not listen everything that he has written… god gave you brain to think and you can make your own choices.

Besides if you really read carefully a bible you’ll find that Adam and Eve ate fresh fruit and vegetables. They did not eat the meat or neither they cooked and they lived happy and longer life… maybe that’s the key for us as well….

Having been told that Radiation and Chemo is necessary to treat a recurring cancer I decided not to go for either. It has been 10 months and I feel great which would not have been the case had I gone for that body poisoning treatment.

Uh. Not too informed huh? Nutrasweet is not made of Aspartame, it’s saccharine. Soy milk is proven to be harmful to the metabolism and in males can mess with the hormones causing other unwanted side effects. Fruits and some vegetables turn into sugar in the body- so we should avoid those as well? I would do a little more research prior to sounding ignorant– the amount of oxygen has little to do with cancer, otherwise every athlete in existence would be cancer free. I somehow don’t think Johns Hopkins would want someone speaking for them on this topic. I think I’ll forward this information to them.

There are serious misunderstandings about how the body works here, and much of it is misinformation. Hoping something is true doesn’t necessarily make it true. Western science is the best method we have for determining the truth of a situation with randomized control trials. Anything untested in such a rigorous environment could be chance or placebo. An accumulation of anecdotes does not equal data. Check out Healthcare Triage on youtube for some clear thinking about science and medicine.

Nutrition and lifestyle changes can help with prevention, but a cure (chemo, radiation, and/or surgery) is much more scientific and complex than can be explained in a blog post. People don’t understand these things, and the fear and what we see people suffer through is what makes us want to believe that these much more simplistic things can cure us. (I liken it to belief in a religion; it makes people feel better.) I’m a science and evidence based healthcare professional, but I also believe in incorporating alternative medicine. It’s not one or the other, particularly when trying to practice culturally sensitive based medicine. When you are dealing with something like cancer or heart disease, you HAVE to take a holistic approach. That’s what I read the Hopkins page as saying, but not what I read the blog post as saying. Anyhow…have a Happy New Year.

“Anger, unforgiving and bitterness put the body into a stressful and acidic environment. Learn to have a loving and forgiving spirit. Learn to relax and enjoy life.”

you cannot prove this. anger is an emotion people feel which helps motivate them to get out of bad situations. I dislike you promoting this lie. people who have been sexually or physically or even verbally abused cannot NOT be angry.. that anger helps get them out of the situation. Sadness, crying, etc, does not.

Quoted from Snopes:
“Information falsely attributed to Johns Hopkins called, “CANCER UPDATE FROM JOHN HOPKINS” describes properties of cancer cells and suggests ways of preventing cancer. Johns Hopkins did not publish the information, which often is an email attachment, nor do we endorse its contents. The email also contains an incorrect spelling of our institution as “John” Hopkins; whereas, the correct spelling is “Johns” Hopkins.

Another hoax email that has been circulating since 2004 regarding plastic containers, bottles, wrap claiming that heat releases dioxins which cause cancer also was not published by Johns Hopkins.
The web site of Johns Hopkins’ Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center also notes of the “Cancer Update” e-mail that:
It has become such a problem that the National Cancer Institute, American Cancer Society, and individual cancer centers like the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have posted warnings on their Web sites. Emails offering easy remedies for avoiding and curing cancer are the latest Web-influenced trend. To gain credibility, the anonymous authors falsely attribute their work to respected research institutions like Johns Hopkins. This is the case with the so-called “Cancer Update from Johns Hopkins.”

This is great info! Who is strong enough to resist all the sweet temptations that are ALL OVER THE PLACE? It is a LIFESTYLE! (not just a diet) Yes, it can be tough. You may not believe it now, but when someone stays away from all that sugary food, your taste buds will eventually not even crave/want the cancer-cell feeding junk. Who’s in?

FDA and Big Pharma are killing us off — all from greed. Statistics now are 1 out of 2.5 people in U.S. will get cancer — so much higher than anywhere in world. Why? FDA and Big Pharma don’t want to find a cure — they have suppressed many hopeful cures — because Cancer is a multi-billion dollar business and the economy would suffer greatly if there was a “cure”. Chemo and radiation are no more successful than they were 40 yrs ago — a 2% survival rate past 5 yrs. U.S needs to educate themselves and demand action — this is an epidemic that is affecting young adults and children at alarmingly increasing rates. Food additives, pesticides, GMOs, environmental toxicity — all things banned from Europe DECADES ago — have to be contributing to our skyrocketing cancer statistics. We need to demand better for ourselves, our children and grand-children!!

Knowledge is power! This is great and so true! I have read a similar one like this from job at Georgetown Hospital. We must take heed and change our diet in order to have a long healthy life. God Bless you!

Why does Soy make its way into health promoting diets. It’s an anti-nutrient, it causes cancer, infertility and so much more. We don’t prepare these ingredients in a manner that allows the human body the cope with them more efficiently so we suffer.

It has always made me wonder why when the allopathic medicine group of physicians “discover” something that the Naturapathic Physicians have already known and practiced since the days of Hippocrates it is such BIG news. With only minor exceptions this fits right in with what is now often known as Alternative Medicine. that has been practiced in many parst of the world since the beginning of time. Does anyone ever wonder why Allopathic Doctors take the Hippocatic Oath? Hippocrates was a Naturapath..

I cannot verify the origin of these statements. Although its name is mentioned in the header, there is no link or publication reference properly attributing this document to Johns Hopkins. In addition, the confrontational tone of the header, the lack of attribution on each line item, and especially the “(PLEASE SHARE IT TO PEOPLE YOU CARE ABOUT)” note at the bottom give this whole thing the scent of myth.

Check out more research on coffee. Coffee enemas have been used to kill off Colon cancer cells. Antioxidant levels of quality coffee outweighs green tea in new research. People who drink coffee have been known to live a wider lifespan. I would take coffee out of the avoid list.

AFTER YEARS OF TELLING PEOPLE CHEMOTHERAPY & RADIATION are to be avoided and that they can “cure” themselves by diet and introspection (no matter how good those ideas are) YOU will be responsible for the DEATH of many people who believe this unscientific , anecdotal based NONSENSE-avoiding the medical treatments PROVEN to work is FOOLISH and DANGEROUS – you should be penalized for practicing medicine without a license

This is bullshit and you should feel ashamed for posting it without even checking out it’s credibility. Furthermore, you are propagating false hope and claims. How many people do you suppose have died as a result of shit like this? Deep in the bowels of the hell that is chemo, who turned to crap like this since it promises healing without the suffering. I know at least one who tried, and died as a result. Delete this tripe, and remember to check your sources before posting!

Different cancers feed off of different things. My cancer feeds off of hormones. So anything that acts like hormones in your body is a no no. Soy (soy was mentioned as a good thing in this article) paprbens act like estrogen in your body. I try to avoid as much as possible. I take a pill that blocks hormones…. Starving the cancer. I eat all the fruit veggies etc that stop cancer. I still got it. I will only work with my doctor and pharmacist. They know what is best for me and my cancer. They also offer homeopathic and diet along with chemo and radiation. There are a lot of factors. Europeans are more likely to get cancer than Hispanics or blacks. If you had a certain Jewish background that puts you at higher risk for breast and prostrate cancer. (BRACA gene mutations). I pay no attention to articles that tell you how to avoid cancer. I had a false sense of security. According to the internet, and magazine articles I was at very very low risk. How do you explain someone who smokes and drinks everyday for most of their lives and never have cancer, then someone who lives a healthy life and has lung cancer? My advice eat healthy, know your family history and get regular check ups alongside with the ones recommended for certain ages.

So if it’s caused by deficiencies why do rich people get cancer too? Not just poor people? I think this is a crock. Cancer doesn’t care if you are rich, poor, black, white or pink with purple polka dots. The person living an extremely healthy lifestyle can still get cancer. While the poorest person may not. This is a very irresponsible article. Everything from soy to salt (have you ever boiled down sea water? The remaining residue is salt and it is white.)… I hope no one takes you seriously…

This post has obviously been making the rounds and found its way onto my facebook feed today, posted by someone I know. As a member of the healthcare community, I recognized the inaccuracies of it and was surprised that such a reputable agency as Johns Hopkins could be behind it. Further investigation found this rebuttal from J.H.: http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/kimmel_cancer_center/news_events/featured/cancer_update_email_it_is_a_hoax.html . I don’t know where you obtained this information (and there may be wholesome elements for healthy living imbedded in it), but it is clearly false. If only it was this simple, I certainly could have helped many patients over the years to avoid and defeat cancer.

A few additions/corrections to this info. : (c) acidosis is probably the leading cause of cancer. pH needs to be understood as “voltage.” When voltage is measured in a solution, it is rendered in pH. A healthy cell functions best at minus 22 millivolts (7.2 pH). A damaged cell needs minus 50 millivolts to heal (7.5 pH). Soft drinks (especially the dark ones) have a pH of 2.5 and not only throw the body into acidosis but restrict the amount of oxygen in the blood (16). (12 & 13) Taking a powerful digestive enzyme with cooked or processed food fixes the problems with undigested proteins, fats, sugars, carbs, etc. and, taken on an empty stomach, enhances oxygenation of the blood by a factor of 5 and also breaks down cell shells of virus and bacteria. (e) distilled water is the same molecular configuration as cell water and if treated with mineral enhancers such as Xooma’s X2O, it becomes extremely alkaline and is the most bioavailable source of hydration on the planet. The main key to a strong immune system is a full complement of neurotransmitters. Most people are neurotransmitter depleted because if the body is deficient in even one of the minerals needed to make it, it doesn’t get made. Alcohol, caffeine, unfermented soy and artificial sweeteners ALL block mineral absorption in the body. We need IONIC minerals, which can bypass the digestive system. Best source for these is Marine Phytoplankton. (Taking a mineral supplement without a powerful digestive enzymes is just flushing your money down the toilet). And finally, Hypothyroidism is epidemic, and the standard tests can’t detect it. Fluoride replaces the Iodine in thyroid hormone and renders it useless. To function correctly, our cells need an energy molecule (ATP) as fuel. ATP is manufactured in our mitochondria and the fuel the mitochondria need to produce it is thyroid hormone. Fluoride is almost impossible to filter out of water and it’s in your bottled drinks, soups, the entire food chain. Distillation is the only sure way to get rid of it. Also, root canals produce an extremely toxic carcinogen called thioethers. These nasty little buggers can completely shut down your immune system. Think about it.

Gotta site evidence for all this so it becomes widespread and doctors tell their patients and lives get saved. The fact that it makes sense doesn’t matter. A lot of things make sense but don’t work.

For example consider that oxygen is known to cause free radicals which cause cancer. It can also increase mortality rate in strokes when given by paramedics..same with heart attacks and other emergencies.

Not saying you’re wrong. Just that you gotta show evidence cause its the only way to keep us all honest on what actually works and doesn’t. ..

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Sure, give up everything you enjoy eating and drinking etc., to try avoiding cancer and then end up being hit by a drunk driver or a falling meteor and dying anyway. By starving the body of all these other foods, drinks, etc. we do damage in other ways. May as well eat, drink, and be merry instead of living every day in fear of dying, because it will eventually happen one way or the other. May as well be happy enjoying some quality of life instead of being worried about the quantity of years left to live. Besides, the Bible says that worry is a sin, so enjoy life and do not worry.

I know a dentist who has lived his life doing most of, if not all of what is mentioned in this article, and guess what? Yes, he has cancer anyway. Worked for him, huh?

This is such a load of B.S. NO ONE knows what causes cancer. Many happy healthy people get cancer. Rich and poor alike get cancer. Stop trying to get facebook hits by promoting this B.S.
I hope that you or anyone you know ever gets cancer.

500 gms manuka honey, 3 large aloe vera leaves (minus jagged edges) cut up and blended together with 2 tbs alcohol spirits. I use brandy. Take 3 lge spoonfuls per day -lasts about 10 days. Use every few months. This is Franciscan cancer cure from Fr. Romano Zago’s book, Cancer can be cured.

There are growing videos by physicians on youtube pointing to the ‘alkaline environment myth.’ Some of these claim that bacteria thrive in an alkaline environment and acids destroy them. Therefore, our diet should be more acidic than alkaline. Some claim that lemon while acidic in its natural state turns alkaline when digested.

You forgot one. The cure for cancer. Yes there is a natural cure and it is illegal to use in the USA. Why? Because our crooked federal government cannot profit from something you can grow in your yard and they would miss out on all the tax money from cancer treatment, law enforcement, prisons, courts, funerals, etc. Cannabis, marijuana, weed, whatever you want to call it. It causes apoptosis of the cancer cells, By which they literally commit suicide. Research cannabinoid, endocannabinoid system (which is naturally formed in every human body), and cannabis oil aka Phoenix Tears. You will be amazed at what you do not yet know.

I agree with much of this, but #13? Really??? Enzymes used in the digestive process are NOT part of our immune system so refraining from meat (while certainly a much healthier alternative in many so many ways) will NOT free up enzymes to fight cancer. Any enzymes taken orally (whether in meat, vegetation, or medication form) are broken down into amino acids by the digestion process (ironically, by other enzymes) and even if they were a part of our body’s defense mechanism (in their original form) they wouldn’t do any good at that point. According to the American Cancer Society, there is no evidence that enzyme therapy is actually effective in the treatment of cancer, though additional research is still being conducted..

Alternative medical treatment therapists and nutritionists have been sayng this for a long time “cancer feeds on sugar’..finally a prestigious traditional treatment institution, Johns Hopkins, is getting on board !!!

Of course, there are a lot of small changes we can make in our diets as well as in our activity level that can result in living healthier and more energetic lives. Small changes add up to big benefits.

I note there is not a direct quote to John Hopkins anywhere in this and some of it is worrying especially especially the soy reference soy is most certainly not recommended in hormone related cancers, this is an individuals opinions based once again on the Alkaline Diet while in moderation and and not so restrictive can be healthy but in its pure form can be dangerous in itself. By saying this has come from John Hopkins a trusted medical institution you are misleading vulnerable people shame on you

What a complete pile of bullshit, people who exercise everyday and have very healthy diets.

The truth is everyone is born with the potential to have cancer and that anything can cause it for one person it could be using a certain cleaning product and for someone else it could be swallowing a fly literally anything can cause it because it’s just a mutated cell issue.

Yea certain things are far more likely to cause cancer like smoking but that’s only because it has thousands of chemicals in it that your not usually going to come by if you don’t smoke.

SO many more people get cancer now than they used to and it is simply down to the amount of exposure people have to foreign chemicals such as those in cleaning products etc

This is silly. There is not one source or evidence that supports majority of these cancer prevention tips. By reading this, it sounds like they want people to convert to being a vegetarian. Just silly.

11b. Regarding Soy milk – I say NAY! Soy (a phytoestrogen) can also feed cancer, especially estrogen sensitive types. Additionally, an abundance of soy today is genetically modified, with unknown repercussions. There are so many other, healthier alternatives to dairy, such as nut milks of all varieties, coconut milk and hemp milk, to name a few.

footnotes? While i believe all of this, it’s hard to convince others that don’t share your views without hard data. it would be helpful if the claims stated here were supported by real data just by using a reputable hospital name in your title does not make it true. Your post is clear and concise so i’d love to forward it but cannot without applicable footnotes. Please update. thank you.

Thank you for posting this. I’ve no idea who you are or why you care about people healing from and/or avoiding cancer, but I’m glad that you’ve shared this important information.

I agree with most of the above (except for the one or two points that I’d never heard about before and will consequently research further). However, although I know I probably seem like a relatively non-credible source, being a random person on the internet, I’ve got a couple of things I’d like to add:

a) Tea can be herbal and thus free of caffeine. Herbal teas can have great health benefits if used properly; thus, it is ok to drink herbal tea if you’ve got cancer, but not all that great to drink caffeinated tea. Also avoid teas that have “flavour” or even “natural flavour” in them if no one in the store can tell you exactly what that is. Instead, drink tea that’s got very clear ingredients with no added flavours or sweeteners. What doctors say about coffee, red wine, and chocolate being “good in small doses every day” basically means that they don’t want to hurt the feelings of anyone who is an avid coffee drinker/wine drinker/chocolate eater. Just keep in mind that you can get the benefits of any of those things from other foods. Blueberries, for example, are a great source of antioxidants, and are much healthier than chocolate and red wine.

b) Cottage cheese mixed with flaxseed oil, both of which are organic: this, through personal experience (my mother is a cancer survivor, and one of her friends who had cancer also tried this, and they got the idea from extensive research on natural cancer treatments), I know to reduce tumour size significantly. Both women were scanned by some machine (MRI? CAT? whatever it is doctors use nowadays) for tumours, told they were going to have an appointment for surgery in a couple of months, and sent home to deal with it. After eating cottage cheese mixed with flaxseed oil every day in the intervening time, they were scanned again and told by very surprised doctors that their tumours had become unexpectedly small. My mom also recommends 100% pure cranberry juice, watered down with spring water (no additives of course) if you can’t stomach the sourness.

c) It is possible to find meat free of hormones and other harmful substances if you care enough to look hard enough to find it. The same goes for milk. I’ve no knowledge of the connection between milk and mucus and cancer cells, but if you want to drink milk and be healthy in general, the stereotypical grocery store brands aren’t going to help you much. Speaking of which, if you live in a place to which it is impossible to get fresh fish, then when you’re looking for fish to buy, look for the kind that has been frozen WITHOUT using sodium phosphate. Also avoid farmed fish and go for “wild” instead. “Atlantic” does not mean that it’s from the Atlantic ocean, it’s just a name for a type of fish.

d) Genetically modified foods are also probably a good idea to avoid, along with any other man-made thing for which its level of harmfulness/helpfulness is “undetermined”. Same with things that have canola oil or any form of preservatives.

e) It would be awesome if you could share a link, if it exists, that leads to the information you’ve posted above – this would help with credibility. If there’s no link, consider citing information using an accepted citation style! It’s hard to convince skeptics if you’ve got no sourcing. I know my mom has read tonnes of books on the subject and I can find out the names of some of them if you like, but I don’t have them on hand at the moment.

f) If you’ve got cancer or know someone who’s got it and are/is having a hard time, try searching up cancer support groups in your community! And if you live “in the middle of nowhere”, there’s probably one online that’s a good fit for you. But beware of any that think that cancer can be “cured” with a pill.

That being said, best wishes and hugs to whoever is reading this and has been impacted by cancer in some way.

It is irresponsible to imply that cancer can be avoided/sent into remission if someone changes his or her eating habits, or adopts these guidelines to successfully prevent cancer. As valid as it may (or may not) be – the implication is that the cancer sufferer is somehow at fault for succumbing to the disease. It is wrong to blame the victim.

What are your sources? Please share if you are confident in your information.

Your desire to share useful strategies is commendable, but some of this does not sound accurate, for example chocolate containing caffeine, and ‘distilled water is acidic’. Also, the notion that all the different kinds of cancer cells are similar in their biochemistry.

It would be more helpful if inaccuracies were filtered out, as you could cause harm with these.

Thank you for this common sense information. With regard to point #15, there is a reason why negative thoughts and attitudes are called “Dark”, while positive, happy thoughts and attitudes are called “Light”. Everything is Energy. Energy is neither created nor destroyed but is transformed by thought and actions upon it. The highest form of energy vibrates at such an intensity that we call it Light or Fire. We are a product of that Fire and Light and we live within a stepped down spectrum of frequencies that encompasses what we call physicality. We use that energy as we engage in a process of learning about this energy called Life as we define ourselves in relation to it. We, in effect, are constantly using that energy to create the framework in which we have chosen to experience that Life. We can choose to live in darkness or we can choose to live in light by how we choose to think and act within that Life.

Life is about FLOW. A Dead Sea is called Dead because energy in the form of water flows into it while nothing flows out of it. We become as a Dead Sea when we become non-forgiving, judgmental, grasping, clinging, afraid to “let go and let live”. We in effect “dam up” the flow of the life giving energy which is abundant and available to all. We become a little cesspool in an ocean of abundance because of a sense of limitation, lack, deprivation, self pity, anger, etc. That cesspool is a pool of darkness and it breeds death. Cancer is just a manifestation of the stagnant, darkened energy that has turned from life to death.

We created the stagnant darkness by our wrong thoughts, attitudes, feelings and how we use energy. We can uncreate that darkness by “SEEING” the Light Side of things and by directing that Light into our darkness. Instead of trying to run from pain, turn around and hold a Torch of Love to it. Let the Fire of Love consume that darkness and let it light up the dark corners of our mind. You can also AFFIRM the action of the Light and Fire to speed up the process of consuming that darkness. The Violet spectrum of light has been used in many medical applications. There is a Spiritual Dimension of the Violet Fire that is able to transmute all forms of negativity back into light. This simple little Affirmation helps accomplish that: “I am a being of violet fire, I am the purity God desires”. God is that Light and Fire Energy (Deu 4:24, 1 John 1:5) and his desire for us is Eternal Life, not death.

Deu 30:19 “I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:”

I learned the other night that avocado, cabbage, and carrots give you most if not all the amino acids you need! Due to health reasons, for the most part I am a vegan. This can be a useful tool to be healthier.

I like all the peer reviewed papers and articles you cited. Makes me feel really secure about you knowing what you are talking about. Which I already felt, considering how impressive your credentials are.

I feel like this article is misleading. I agree about chemotherapy. But I am very skeptical of a lot of this information.
The average person can easily down about 400 mg of caffeine a day (not good).. and one-ounce of chocolate contains only about 10 mg of caffeine. Plus, dark chocolate has a lot of anti-oxidants and other health benefits.
They say nothing about iodine supplementation or liquid chlorophyll.. (google it). Those two are super-cancer fighters.
Vegetables originally were okay to eat… EAT.. .. eat.. NOT juice, as they can go rancid in your stomach.
Cancer is a modern condition. The main contributors to cancer are processed foods, chemicals, drugs, (prescription drugs)… etc.. Fluoride is NOT good for you and it’s in our water!!! Yikes!!

It’s not that the suggestions in this article are necessarily bad. These are mostly good suggestions for living a healthy lifestyle. But if someone who has been diagnosed with cancer decides to follow these suggestions rather than seek treatment, you are possibly contributing to their early demise. That’s irresponsible, to say the least.

Don’t use soy milk;
it increases estrogen which feeds cancer. Also not whole grains baked; only nuts. Isolate fruits 30 min away from other foods; it soaks slow digesting foods in sugar. Fruit digests in 15 min, so you want it through your system fast.

You can support your immune system and healthy cell functioning by minimizing your exposure to radiation from cell phones, Ideal support would help protect you from radiation while you enjoy wireless devices or are exposed to radiation from sources not in your control, such as cell phone towers and smart meters. The ideal support would help eradicate radiation throughout your body, home, office, car …so your body experiences only Earth’s NATURAL electrical airwaves, as Nature intended. Protection by these means would be sensible and also the healthiest. Over 60 years of research demonstrates Earth’s electrical airwaves are healing for the body, and essential for cell reproduction. Also, that electropollution around and within the body distances the body from Earth’s vital electrical airwaves. EarthCalm, the world leader in EMF protection, provides this ideal support; http://www.earthcalm.ca

Funny- in reference to 11(e), I once was told that a cup of coffee a day is a good anti-carcinogen. That coffee helps prevent cancer. Now they say avoid it? Furthermore, my uncle is 89 years old and has lived on nothing bit Meat and Potatoes (avoiding all fish and birds) all his life. Yeah ok, and 5 years from now your institution will come out with a new list tell us all to avoid this list….

Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints live a law of health called “The Word of Wisdom”. It was given to Joseph Smith February 27, 1833. “To be sent greeting; not by commandment or constraint, but by revelation and the word of wisdom, showing forth the order and will of God in the temporal salvation of all saints in the last days–”
The following article outlines the principles of this law. Now here is medical evidence to back it up. We are so lucky to have a loving Heavenly Father, who watches out for us. ( :

WOW!!! This sounds like it was taken directly from Kevin Trudeau’s book, “Natural Cures THEY Don’t Want You to Know About,” published in 2006. He had to write a book about it because the FDA and FTC shut down his infomercials because they felt he was scribing medicinal properties without FDA approval, blah, blah, blah… so the book was written and protected under first amendment rights. A fascinating American business experience… Kudos to Kevin, he has been vindicated (finally, partially).

A supposed friend of mine told me to drink apple cider vinegar everyday to keep from getting cancer, and that sounds to me like an acid environment,not an alkaline environment, please advise me, as I am a Breast Cancer survivor, and want to stay one! Thank you!

Wow, wow, wow!!! 110% True! What I have done & learned in the past 3 years…So wish I would have known this treasured and life-saving information, before going through this c@nc#r h#!! Please read fully, practice & share. Might save lives. I do most of it now.. And keep praying for healing from the treatment side effects =’| Health to us all! And thank you..

Why is the John Hopkins study not cited? I think everything after 10 was made up for this article.

Several of these are not backed by medical research and are misleading. Particularly 11a, 11b, 11c are completely made up. Your body converts most of what is digestible into sugar because that is what cells use for energy at the molecular level. Cancer does not eat mucus. That is absurd. Pretty much everything you eat is acidic. There are very few basic things. Meat is no more acidic that fresh fruits and vegetables and is less acidic in many circumstance.

I think that it is great that you are sharing this information as you have a lot of great advice listed here, but you also have a lot of false information throughout this article. Unfortunately, it greatly undermines the credibility of what you are writing. For example on two points you make contradictory statements which both can’t be true. In point “11e” tells someone to refrain from drinking caffeine and yet you advocate green tea. Green tea is a fairly high source of caffeine and is a tea, which by definition, you recommended avoiding. In point “11a” you advise to avoid sugar and artificial sweeteners, yet recommend honey. Honey, while naturally derived (as is sugar by the way), IS pure sugar. Other information that is posted is highly controversial and should be supported with facts. The 11a discussion on salt is completely off-topic as you have not shown how it related to cancer at all. 11b – soy is highly controversial and many studies suggest that it is toxic to the body and should be avoided. 12, where is the source for this? Mammals were designed to eat meat. And chicken and fish are just as difficult to digest and would also, by your definition, become putrid. As stated in the beginning, I am not just trying to be critical – on the contrary – you raise awareness to many important points. I am just asking that you address these issues so that the contradictory advice does not undermine the validity of your recommendations.

You mention Johns Hopkins in your introduction to this post yet there is no citation or link. If you have information, or a link, to what Johns Hopkins recommends regarding food, nutrition, and resisting or curing cancer I would be very interested in seeing that.

Explain why any so called incurable cancers are cured by eating a raw vegan, low fat and low sodium. Cancer is caused by eating too much fats, meats, fish, dairy and processed foods. Eating a vegan low fat/sodium diet when done right is the cure for mostly all problems. Eat lots fruits and veg…. eat most of your calories from fruit, rice, root vegetables and gluten free pastas.

NO whole grains. Wheat is GMO, it’s not the ancient wheat that our ancestors ate. Not to mention gluten, and wheat’s gliadin protein. Grains will keep spiking insulin leading to insulin resistance, and eventually diabetes. Then there will be increased blood sugar, which will, in turn feed cancer.http://www.rodalenews.com/wheat-free-diet

Nuts are okay in moderate amounts for healthy people, not not for anyone with cancer. They have phytic acid in them. The Max Gerson therapy is organic fruits and veggies.

The Flor Essence is great. We use it as a preventative. Latrielle aka B-17 aka Amygadalin aka Apricot seeds. My ex husband used the Latrielle when he had three different kinds of cancers many years ago. He’s still with us today.

Johns Hopkins claim this is a hoax and that they do not endorse any of the advice given above. Lots of anti-hoax websites say the same. Could you please give your response to this?
Is the above just your own personal opinion?
I only ask, because I saw this shared via a friend on Facebook who has had cancer, and whilst all of the above is good advice for a healthy lifestyle, I do not think it is right to represent this as medical advice.

Cancer Update Email — It’s a Hoax! Information falsely attributed to Johns Hopkins called, “CANCER UPDATE FROM JOHN HOPKINS” describes properties of cancer cells and suggests ways of preventing cancer. Johns Hopkins did not publish the information, which often is an email attachment, nor do we endorse its contents. The email also contains an incorrect spelling of our institution as “John” Hopkins; whereas, the correct spelling is “Johns” Hopkins. For more information about cancer, please read the information on our web site or visit the National Cancer Institute. Please help combat the spread of this hoax by letting others know of this statement. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/…/cancer_update_email_it…
Cancer Update Email — It’s a Hoax!http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org
Information falsely attributed to Johns Hopkins called, “CANCER UPDATE FROM JOHN…See More

Why have you written an article which sounds a lot like “cancer treatment is evil, all you need is some veg”. Healthy diet reduces risk of cancer, but the science in this is shockingly bad. Case in point “Water–best to drink purified water, or filtered, to avoid known toxins and heavy metals in tap water. Distilled water is acidic, avoid it.” Distilled water is just water which has been boiled and the water vapour collected. It leaves all the impurities behind so you just have pure water, it’s like filtering but better. Distilled water is pure H2O and therefore neutral, because for every acidic ion it can make, a basic (alkaline) one is produced too. The oxygenated one is rubbish too. One of the main causes of cancer is cell damage through oxidation, in addition when exercising you use more oxygen, which resultsin the muscles sometimes not getting enough and having to rely on anaerobic respiration (respiration without oxygen). That’s why you get cramp.

“2. Cancer cells occur between 6 to more than 10 times in a person’s lifetime.” – way more often.

The question always is: Has the body the resources to fix it?

Every Cell can become a cancer-cell. Because if the cell starves or dies from toxic-stuff that we shovel into our body. Its last resort is to split-up so that the odds that 1 part survives is higher.
With the things you pointed out + something that gives you energie you can heal cancer! I know many people who got rid of cancer that way 🙂

80-90% of the supermarked-products aint healthy (preservatives, flavor enhancer!). Even our vegetables are a lil unhealthy caused by the industrie. Pain-killer, Medics, Alcohol, Drugs, genetic altered crops…when our body sees something as unnatural it fights it. That costs power and ressources. When we only get bad ressources the math will kill us. Cause you cant take and take energie out of a system and think it would work out. Most diseases we get are cost by the ignorance that chemical altered food aint healthy. That drugs aint healthy and so on..

People dont even trink normal water anymore! That fucks you up like hell. Stay away from Soda, Coffee and Stuff. First its a lil hard because your body is used to the stuff, but when you are “clean” you will feel a lot better in your life. Took me years to understand all that. I recommend that you just test it. Change your lifestyle step by step and your body will start to regenerate!

Not just your body also your mind. Cause depressions or bad mood etc are caused by a lack of healthy food and/or a problem with your digestion (anti-biotics like to kill our own bacteria. The good stuff we need to digest properly). When your body cant digest in the right way it starts to store it as fat. Most people with “diet-problems” have digestion-problems! The body cant get or find what it needs in the food so you keep being hungry and keep eating with no effect. So always check your stomach and your intestine.

To understand the system behind it more watch that Video:
(Biology of Belief – Bruce Lipton)

After that watch this one:

To get energie in your system (in case of a sickness) do stuff like:
Acupuncture, Yoga, Meditation, Reiki, Energetic-Fields-Work, Sun-gazing!
(Tested all of them. If done right, they work.)

For someone like myself, this breaks down the big C in simple terms. It’s a pattern for healthy living. Everything starts with putting God first, but these are very important and easy tips to follow. I don’t really get drawn to an article like this. I’m glad I did because # 15 is a message I think I can share with my girlfriend who is a diabetic. It also makes sense to me having gone through Hep C treatment.

A hoax. Quite an old one. Johns Hopkins simply didn’t write this and have repeatedly said so on their website, which makes this claim nothing more than an outright lie. Chemotherapy may be unpleasant but for some cancers it remains the only treatment with the potential to save lives. Furthermore, if someone were to read this and refuse treatment they might otherwise need, you could unwittingly contribute to their premature death. The people who write these misleading statements are no better than witch doctors.

Information falsely attributed to Johns Hopkins called, “CANCER UPDATE FROM JOHN HOPKINS” describes properties of cancer cells and suggests ways of preventing cancer. Johns Hopkins did not publish the information, which often is an email attachment, nor do we endorse its contents. The email also contains an incorrect spelling of our institution as “John” Hopkins; whereas, the correct spelling is “Johns” Hopkins. For more information about cancer, please read the information on our web site or visit the National Cancer Institute. Please help combat the spread of this hoax by letting others know of this statement.

Another hoax email that has been circulating since 2004 regarding plastic containers, bottles, wrap claiming that heat releases dioxins which cause cancer also was not published by Johns Hopkins. More information from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Mythbusters: Please help curb the spread of this hoax by sending a link to this page to individuals that forward you this email.

The Truth about the “Cancer Update” Email Hoax

Emails offering easy remedies for avoiding and curing cancer are the latest Web-influenced trend. To gain credibility, the anonymous authors falsely attribute their work to respected research institutions like Johns Hopkins. This is the case with the so-called “Cancer Update from Johns Hopkins.”

The gist of this viral email is that cancer therapies of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy do not work against the disease and people should instead choose a variety of dietary strategies.

Traditional therapies, such as surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy, work. The evidence is the millions of cancer survivors in the United States today who are alive because of these therapies. We recognize that treatments don’t work in every patient, or sometimes work for awhile and then stop working, and there are some cancers that are more difficult to cure than others. These problems are the focus of ongoing cancer research.

We’ll go through each statement in the email hoax and provide real responses from Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center experts.

Statements:

The Hoax: Everyone Has Cancer Cells
The Hoax: A Strong Immune System Destroys Cancer
The Hoax: Cancer is Caused by Nutritional Deficiencies and Supplements Will Correct Them
The Hoax: Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy Harms Normal Cells. Surgery Causes Cancer to Spread
The Hoax: Cancers Feed on Certain Foods
The Hoax: Cancer is a Disease of Mind, Body and Spirit
The Hoax: Oxygen Kills Cancer Cells

The Hoax: Everyone Has Cancer Cells

The Truth: Cancer is a genetic disease resulting from a variety of mutations and alterations either inherited from our parents or, more commonly, acquired over time due to environmental exposures and behaviors, such as smoking and poor diet. These alterations turn off important cell growth regulators allowing cells to continually divide unchecked, explains Luis Diaz, a clinician-scientist in Ludwig Center for Cancer Genetics at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins. This type of cell is called a malignant or cancer cell. Among the trillions of cells in the human body, inevitably everyone has some abnormal or atypical cells that possess some of the characteristics of cancer cells, most resolve themselves and never result in cancer, says Diaz.

There is no single or standard test for cancer. There are ways to screen for certain cancers with tests such as colonoscopy for colon cancer, mammography for breast cancer, PSA for prostate cancer, and the Pap smear for cervical cancer, and these tests can detect cancers in a very early and curable stage. For many cancers, there currently are no screening tests, and they are diagnosed when they begin to cause symptoms.

Diaz and other Kimmel Cancer Center researchers are working on new tests that detect abnormal DNA shed by cancer cells into blood and body fluids and have the ability to find cancers before they cause any symptoms. Approaches like this could lead to a broad-based screening test for cancer.

Tests like these also are being used to detect cancer recurrences and malignant cells left behind following surgery, and can find cancers that are not detectable under the microscope or in x-rays.

Other researchers are studying cancer stem cells. They are stealth cells that make up just a tiny fraction of a tumor. While small in number, investigators believe they may be the cells that drive certain cancers and lead to cancer recurrence. Therapies that target these cells are now being tested in clinical trials.

A team of our breast cancer researchers has developed a method that could make it possible to detect breast cancer from the DNA contained in a single drop of blood.

But, while evasive cancer cells are a challenge and the focus of ongoing research, it does not mean, as the email contends, that all patients, even those treated successfully for cancer, have cancers-in-waiting—undetectable but still there. People are treated and completely cured of cancer everyday.

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The Hoax: A Strong Immune System Destroys Cancer

The Truth: When it comes to cancer and the immune system, it is not a matter of strong or weak as the fictional report contends, but rather an issue of recognition. “The immune system simply does not recognize cancer. In its complexity, the cancer cell has learned to disguise itself to the immune system as a normal, healthy cell. Cells infected with viruses or bacteria send out danger signals setting the immune system in action. But cancer cells do not, explains Elizabeth Jaffee, co-director of cancer immunology and leading expert on cancer and the immune system.” By deciphering the methods cancer cells use to make them invisible to the immune system, Jaffee and team have developed cancer vaccines that have successfully triggered immune reactions against prostate cancer, pancreatic cancer, leukemia, and multiple myeloma.

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The Hoax: Cancer is caused by Nutritional Deficiencies and Supplements Will Correct Them

The Truth: Dietary habits and lifestyle choices, such as smoking, contribute to the development of many human cancers, says Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson. Our experts recommend a balanced diet as a way of reducing cancer risk. In terms of supplements, Nelson points out that while they may help mediate vitamin deficiencies, taking doses above what the body needs provides no added benefit.

The Truth: Chemotherapy and radiation therapy kills cancer cells with remarkable selectivity, says Nelson. There are some temporary and reversible side effects common to cancer therapies, including hair loss and low blood counts. Limiting and managing these side effects is an integral part of treatment.

Surgery is the first line of treatment for many types of cancer. It does not cause cancer to spread. Cancers spread to other tissues and organs as a tumor progresses and cancer cells break away from the original tumor and travel through the bloodstream to other body sites.

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The Hoax: Cancers Feed on Certain Foods

The Truth: The premise is that cancer cells feed on certain foods, and if a person refrains from eating these foods, the cancer will die. According to our experts, a poor diet and obesity associated with a poor diet is a risk factor for the development of cancer. However, there is no evidence that certain foods alter the environment of an existing cancer, at the cellular level, and cause it to either die or grow.

While there is such a thing as tumors that produce mucus, the mucus made by a tumor does not result from drinking milk. And, eating less meat, while a good choice for cancer prevention, does not free up enzymes to attack cancer cells, explains cancer prevention and control expert Elizabeth Platz.

Moderation is key, says Platz. As part of a balanced diet, sugar, salt, milk, coffee, tea, meat, and chocolate—the foods the “Update” calls into question—are all safe choices, she says. The real concern with many of these, particularly sugar, is that it adds calories to a diet and can lead to obesity, and obesity is a major risk factor for cancer. A balanced nutritious diet, healthy weight, physical activity, and avoiding alcoholic drinks may prevent as many as 1/3 of all cancers. Platz recommends eating at least five servings of fruits and vegetables per day and limiting red and processed meats, like hot dogs.

Several Johns Hopkins experts participated in the World Cancer Research Fund – American Institute for Cancer Research report Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity, and the Prevention of Cancer: A Global Perspective, published in November 2007, which is considered by cancer prevention experts to be an authoritative source of information on diet, physical activity and cancer. Their recommendations for cancer prevention and for good health in general are:

Be as lean as possible without becoming underweight.
Be physically active for at least 30 minutes every day.
Avoid sugary drinks. Limit consumption of energy-dense foods (particularly processed foods high in added sugar, or low in fiber, or high in fat).
Eat more of a variety of vegetables, fruits, whole grains and legumes such as beans.
Limit consumption of red meats (such as beef, pork and lamb) and avoid processed meats.
If consumed at all, limit alcoholic drinks to 2 for men and 1 for women a day.
Limit consumption of salty foods and foods processed with salt (sodium).
Don’t use supplements to protect against cancer.
Our experts recommend that people meet their nutritional needs through their food choices. While vitamin supplements can be helpful in people with nutritional deficiencies, evidence suggests that supplementation above what the body can use provides no added health benefit.

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The Hoax: Cancer is a Disease of Mind, Body, and Spirit

The Truth: Cancer is a disease caused by genetic alterations. Many times, these alterations occur through our own behaviors—cigarette smoking, a poor and unbalanced diet, virus exposures, and sunburns, says cancer prevention and control expert John Groopman.

How stress, faith, and other factors influence this is largely unknown. We would like people to be happy, loving, and stress free, simply because it is a nice way to live and can contribute to an overall feeling of well being, says Platz. There is no evidence, however, that a person prevents or causes cancer based on his or her state of mind.

Still, we understand that a cancer diagnosis can make patients and families feel stressed and anxious, and these are not pleasant feelings. So, we offer extensive patient and family services, including a cancer counseling center, pain and palliative care program, chaplain services and a meditation chapel, an image recovery center, and the Art of Healing art and music program.

Read more about Cancer Genetics in “A Genetic Revolution”

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The Hoax: Oxygen Kills Cancer Cells

The Truth: Platz recommends regular exercise as a part of any healthy lifestyle, but says there is no evidence that breathing deeply or receiving oxygen therapy prevents cancer.

On its Web site, the American Cancer Society includes the following statement about oxygen therapy, “Available scientific evidence does not support claims that putting oxygen-releasing chemicals into a person’s body is effective in treating cancer. It may even be dangerous. There have been reports of patient deaths from this method.” Read more

Great article thanks…..Could you please change your recommendation for SOY MILK as it is very disruptive inside the human body especially to folks that already have thyroid issues. Almond milk is a better replacement as long as no nut allergies exist. Plz contact if you need more info. Thank you.

Thanks for this insightful article. The emphasis put on early detection, and treatment makes me see red! The “Race For the Cure”,, also makes me livid!!!( I do not admonish anyone who Walks in the Race, its not the INTENT that is the problem) There is no, ONE cure. We are individuals experiencing life and disease on many different levels for many different reasons.

Can you link to where/who at John’s Hopkins said this, an article link, or a person/department to contact to back this all up, otherwise, even though this all may be sound advice (and seems like it would help other issues too like diabetes, and lower cholesterol), having a reference would be helpful and make your unverified thoughts more valid for the public.

Keep your system alkaline and you have won the battle. Most of us are suffering from metabolic acidosis causing all sorts of maladies including bad moods. If you cut out the acid you will live a far happier and healthier life.

You are very seriously deluded. Many of your points are contradictory, some are just bizarre and pretty much none of it is backed up with any fact or research. Spreading this kind of trash hurts real people. Just because you read assertions that reinforce your world view it on the net, doesn’t make it true. Try actually learning some biology, chemistry and statistics.

Wealth of information above but so wondering why no one ever brings up BETA GLUCAN. Builds the part of the immune system that fights Cancer. So cheap to buy. We have given it to many but the most astounding was to 84 yr old man doctors sent home with 2 months to live. He had done all possible treatments fighting cancer of the pancreas. 2 betas everyday. Within 3 months all blood cells counts normal. Within a year NO sign of ever having cancer. He lived another 10 yr cancer free. Have countless stories like this. The only time you can’t take it is during chemo. Also running into R&D cancer researchers. They know it’s the only thing to date that actually works. My father died of cancer in 76 I’ve read it all. I have use it mixed with DMSO (a carrier) to heal skin cancer. I don’t cell it, don’t have anything to do with any company. There are many brands. You choose.

Thank you for this information. It is a very helpful tool that people should take to heart. I wish you would put even more information out to the normal people who just try to survive, and eat decently on their budget. So often it is extremely hard to know what to put into our bodies for fuel because for the average person, it’s hard to understand exactly what bad chemicals are in the foods. Labels are often difficult to understand, and information seems to change all too often. However, again I thank you for this very valuable information.

Another natural supplement to boost the immune system that I took during cancer surgery and treatment was Immunocal, a Canadian product. It is listed in the Canadian MD’s Drug Guide (CPS) and in the USA Physicians’ Desk Reference Drug Guide.

Did you know that the body already has a secret weapon!!! Glutathione — the master antioxidant that only the body can produce once provided with the necessary precursors! A healthy immune system tracks down unhealthy cells and destroys them – if you have a steady supply of glutathione. Immunocal has been proven Patent CA 2142277 anti-cancer therapeutic compositions for prophylaxis or for treatment of cancer. Immunocal is a natural source of the glutathione precursor cysteine for the maintenance of a strong immune system. It is fat-free and contains less than 1% lactose and has a high protein biological value (<110BV) providing all essential amino acids and this natural product is listed in PDR and CPS. This discovery is the result of over 40 years of research at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Many have been able to suppress tumour growth, eliminate carcinogens, mutagens, retard oxidative damage to DNA, prevent wasting disease and ease the side effects of chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Without glutathione you die! Take a look at the research at http://www.immunotec.com/iamokay..until there is a cure ..there is Immunocal.

not just cancer, also heart disease. But there is much more to it, nutrition. Look up Dr.Fred Kummerow, a nutrition scientist work since 1957, and the Weston A.Price foundation,a great help to live healthy.

This advice did not come from John Hopkins, matter of fact this article has their name spelled wrong. After seeing this on the famous Snopes.com as not coming from John Hopkins, I emailed them on my own. My response was “while these are excellent habits to have, this does not guarantee that an individual will not get cancer”.

I’m a molecular biologist working on Cancer research at the University in Colorado. Please be aware that the vast majority of this article is crack science and will not help you avoid cancer. Eating heathy and getting exercise is of course a good idea (and can reduce the incidence of cancer), but a lot of the statements in this article are simply not true.

If only this was known before my ‘father in law to be’ was detected with lung cancer! Unortunately he is in Cuba and in a poor country all this is a little hard to follow when most things aren’t available and are then too expensive for an average Cuban but in England of course we have the choice and it is a very interesting read! 🙂

This is partially true. But when they started to tell us that sugar substitute of honey does not give you sugar, then they are WRONG! Then they tried to tell us that some mysterious chemical I’d put into table salt to make it look white; again they are WRONG!

All honey has sucrose in it, that is guess what? Table sugar.

Table salt is simply sodium chloride, it is colorless as a pure crystal (look at it with a magnifying glass) it is colorless, it only appears white because of air pockets in the crystal and light diffraction.

There are many flaws in this singular approach to warding off cancer or any other diseases for that matter. If a plant-base diet is best for humans, how come the incidents of cancer are so low within the Inuit populations? Just by the nature of their physical location, eating a diet made up of 80% vegetables is all but impossible. While plant food is a fantastic source of fiber and other vital nutrients, it is not the only (or even best) alternative. Other diets such as Paleo, Blood-Type, and Geno-Type offer much more realistic dietary solutions with the same healing characteristics.

This article has some good points, but I can’t help feeling like it is basically telling me to become a vegan hippie to avoid cancer.
What they don’t say is how OUR WORLD causes cancer. Plastics, chemically treated materials, gases, carcinogens, radiation, etc. that people are exposed to on a daily basis do not help. The stress we put on ourselves doesn’t help either. Hell, typing this on my PHONE will probably give me cancer! We as a people have conditioned ourselves to live with these conditions, and yet we’re surprised when the overexposure kills us. We may have a chance if we revert back to a more primitive way of life, but even that doesn’t eliminate the stress factor.
I say, be happy. They are right when they say a positive outlook has a lot to do with it. I’ll just enjoy the ride while I’m on it. 🙂

I want my girls to read this article and I pray they will when I send it!! And also my husband, we eat a lot of meat which is not good! This article was so helpful. You don’t get this kind of info in a Doctor’s office for sure! They are too busy healing sick people with all these diseases so really it is not their place to do it, it is our own responsbility to find information like this article and inform ourselves as much as we can. I am grateful I found your site. Thank you for caring enough to inform the public about all of this!

Why do you insist on propagating this bullshit? John Hokins has nothing to do with it,k and the points mentioned are at best snake oil and at worst scams and all ineffective against cancer. Please stop spreading such harming untruth.

Technically, distilled water is neutral (neutral ph = 7.0). Its ph can become slightly acidic (5.6 to 7.0) as it absorbs carbon dioxide from the air. Adding a small amount of baking SODA (a substance with a ph of 8.0) can help bring the water back to neutral.

Drinking distilled water is much better for you than drinking water as the process of making it (turning water into steam and letting it cool back into water) removes all of the minerals and poisons.

Many people do not like the taste of distilled water as it has a ‘flat’ taste.

I would LOVE TO GET AS MUCH INFO FROM YOU ON THIS CANCER,AS I,M A FIGHTER AND SURVIVER OF 32 YEARS NOW,AND I,M NOT GIVING IN,I,LL FIGHT CAUSE I LOVE LIFE,AND DON,T WANT TO BE A GEANIE PIG NO MORE,gOT 18 SURGERIES ON MY STOMACH,HAD HEPT.C FROM TAINTED BLOOD,NOW IT,S BACK IN FEMALE PARTS WHERE IT STARTED ,ALSO I,M VERY HIGH RISK FOR BREAST CANCER,I EAT VERY HEALTHY,SEA SALT,FISH,VEGS,ONCE IN AWHILE I,LL HAVE A STEAK FROM A ORGANIC GROWER JUST TO FEEL HUMAN,LOL,BUT,THIS INFO IS SO GREAT I WOULD TRULY LIKE TO DO MAKE MY DR.,S HEADS TURN AS I HAVE FOR JUST BEING HERE EVEN AFTER BEING TOLD I WOULDN,T BE 3 TIMES,I HAVE RAISED MY BOYS,THEY HAVE GONE THREW ALOT WITH ME,AND THEY CALL ME A MEDICAL WONDER,CAUSE I SHOULD,NT BE HERE,YOU ALSO HAVE TO FAITH AS WELL!!

i am sorry but where is the actual reference to John Hopkins?
if all you write here is good info, it would be a stronger blog post if you gave the actual reference, rather than only mentioning it in the title, which otherwise looks only like a way to attract readers here.

how on earth are you going to admit that sugar is what feeds cancer cells and then tell people to eat a high carb diet? also, soy is a very terrible substitute, wreaking it’s own havoc on your body. I thought this was going to be a smart article about how to treat cancer with your diet, then it just all went wrong.

I have seen this posted before but there seems to be some confusion as to whether this actually comes from Johns Hopkins or not. Do you by any chance have a direct link to the info from Johns Hopkins that we can access? Thanks so much!

There is one very important aspect left out of getting cancer out of your body…therapeutic massage therapy by a licensed massage therapist. It assists in eliminating toxins from your body, not just cancer cells. A cancer patient must ALWAYS get approval from their Oncologist to receive massage therapy, depending on their particular position on the cancer cell scale. – Patty Reyes, LMT, Owner/Operator
of Murray Massage by Patty Reyes.

I have to believe that most people who continue to disseminate this info are well-meaning and simply uninformed about its false origins, but having lost my mom to cancer, and having a very dear friend struggling for his life against it right now, it is still distressing to me to have false information so widely circulated. It behooves us all to check facts before sharing information that can be dangerous to those who are facing the fight of their lives, battling this horrid disease.

Pretty interesting and definitely a lot of insight. While I don’t claim to know everything, I will say that everyone is different. I personally get stomach aches from eating chicken and thrive on red meat. I eat more red meat than is recommended. However, every check-up (annual physical) I’m told to continue doing what I’m doing because I have low blood pressure, low cholesterol, a great BMI, etc. I also do do things like watch the amount of sugars, white carbs, caffeine, etc. And I eat a fair amount of vegetables, grains, and lots of fruit each morning. Long story short, I know plenty of people who have adverse reactions to chicken and are better off eating meat.

For me this is crap. How does a 4 month old child who was drinking soy milk since birth end up with Cancer???? All the guidelines you refer to are healthy for us all in general. So I have no problem with eating properly. But a baby who had a physical with a blood test be medically “clean”
from cancer one day and 5 days later be diagnosed with Cancer the die 9 months later?? So again I say health y diets are great but I dispute your “mind body spirit” bullshit

hey,
I really like this article, but please can you give references, and/or links from where you have all this information?
As I read, you are a computer man, so maybe medicine is not your area of expertise. It would be nice to give credits to those who wrote all these ideas.

Information falsely attributed to Johns Hopkins called, “CANCER UPDATE FROM JOHN HOPKINS” describes properties of cancer cells and suggests ways of preventing cancer. Johns Hopkins did not publish the information, which often is an email attachment, nor do we endorse its contents. The email also contains an incorrect spelling of our institution as “John” Hopkins; whereas, the correct spelling is “Johns” Hopkins. For more information about cancer, please read the information on our web site or visit the National Cancer Institute. Please help combat the spread of this hoax by letting others know of this statement.

Thank you for this article it has helped cofirmed what a Church Member did for his diet when he had Prostate cancer .My Husband has Colan cancer and I am always looking for ways to help him with his diet and supliments ,it helps that I worked in the Dietary Dept.of our Hospital for 22 years but had to retire with COPD..
Thanks again.
Norma . Hanna, Georgetown SC

While, unquestionably, this is fine info for health and eating well, the info does not take into account all different body types. Some people drink booze, raise hell, smoke like a chimney and live to a ripe old age. I don’t necessarily uphold this lifestyle of “wild and devilish” living but we do need to consider that people outlive all kinds of things. Another comment is the importance of exercise and getting off the couch and out moving. As Richard Simmons said eons ago, “Just get moving!” I also like #15 about the power of mind, body and spirit. We do need to keep that emotional/spiritual awareness alive and well. That is done via values and that is where all becomes so very tricky especially when looking at the social strata out there in the big wide world! A lot of the above info is fed to middle class America – well, what is left of the middle class!

Normally I do not respond to articles like this, but since it got passed along through my friends circle (FB), I felt the need to at least point out one or 2 (major) errors (assumptions) in the above article.

“12. Meat protein is difficult to digest and requires a lot of digestive enzymes. Undigested meat remaining in the intestines will become putrified and leads to more toxic buildup.”

This is a myth and stems from a lack of basic knowledge of the human body. I would like to refer you to the following article which explains it better than I can:

In short: we are build from the get go (call it factory setting) to digest meat and we do that very well…

“11 d. A diet made of 80% fresh vegetables and juice, whole grains, seeds, nuts and a little fruits help put the body into an alkaline environment…”

The other one that I have a hard time to accept is the alkaline vs acidic environment our body supposedly needs to be in. It’s neither and both. You see, our body is divided into different zones, each one in a specific Ph state it needs to be in.